Quatremère de Quincy's On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts
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Art theory
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French aesthetics
History of aesthetics
history of philosophy
ideal beauty
Ideal imitation
Imitation theory
Mimesis
Modern aesthetics
museum skepticism
Neoclassicism
Problem of realism
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- ISBN 9781666967647
- Weight: 354g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Dec 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy was widely regarded as the pre-eminent art theorist of his day and exerted tremendous influence over the development of the arts in nineteenth-century France, publishing over twenty books over his career. Translated into English for the first time by Michel-Antoine Xhignesse, this 1837 treatise on imitation in the arts represents one of his major theoretical works. Quatremère de Quincy argues, against the prevailing opinion of the day, that artistic imitation aims at communicating the essence of the thing represented (ideal imitation), rather than merely faithfully reproducing its life appearance (real imitation). In order to communicate the essence, he argues, the artist must prioritize the contributions of her imagination over the choice and appearance of her model. This represented a significant departure from other accounts of ideal imitation, such as Batteux’s or Winckelmann’s, which instead advocated combining the best features of several different models.
Michel-Antoine Xhignesse is instructor of philosophy at Capilano University.
